Tiger, Edo period (1615–1868), early 18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, 30 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (77.8 x 34 cm), Paintings, Meisō, The tiger, long venerated in Asia as a mythological guardian animal, occupied an important place not only in popular culture but also in the elite society of both Japan and Korea in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
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Tiger, Edo period, 1615–1868, early 18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, paper, 30 5/8 x 13 3/8, 77.8 34 cm, Paintings, Meisō, tiger, long venerated, Asia, mythological guardian, animal, occupied, important place, popular culture, elite society, Korea, seventeenth, eighteenth centuries
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